Headlight.



A. W. HARRIS.

HEADLIGHT,

APPLICATION FILED APII.24. Isle.

Patented Aug. 27, 1918.y

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HEADLIGHT.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 27, 191g,

Applicata@ mea April 24, 191s. A, serieu Nt. sabes,

'following is a specication.

This invention has reference more particularly to head lights which areprovided with means whereby the direction in which the light isprojected may be adjusted, and is particularly applicable to theheadlights of automobiles, although its use is notnecessarily confinedthereto, but it may be used in any case where it is desired to adjustthe direction in which the light is projected.

The object of this invention is to provide means for changing thedirection in which the light is projected without moving the entire lampstructure, such means being capable of operation at the lamp or at adistance therefrom.

A. further object is the provision of adjustable reflecting means whichmay readily be mounted in the standard headlight without diculty,v andwhich does not require a @special lamp structure to use.

A further object is the construction of an attachment for standard headlights for changing the direction of projection of the light, saidattachment being designed so that all .thevworking parts are mounted onthe attachment in complete working condition so that the attachmentmaybe inserted in position in the lamp, complete and ready for operationwithout the necessity of connecting any of the working parts lto thelamp' casing or structure and making adjustments incident thereto.

A further object is the mounting of the movable parts of the reflectingmeans, by

- means of a spring holderso that the movable parts are held firmlyimposition at a tension so as to take up any wear and also preventrattling which is likely to develop it otherwise held, particularly whenused on vehicles.-

A further object is the use of exible means for communicating control tothe lamp, such means being employed so as to permit twisting andstraining incidental to the use of the lamps on vehicles, withoutaHecting the operation of the controlhng means, and. also `\beingemployed so as to enable the lamp and controlmechanism to be readily andeasily mounted without complicated control mechamsm. rI he inventionalso has other objects which will appear from the following specicatlonand which are particularly pointed out in the claims. In theaccompanying drawings which illustrate my invention Figure l is asectional view, the upper half of which is taken on the line A-A of Fig.2, and the lower half of which is taken on the line B-B of Fig. 2; Fig.2 is a fragmentary view of the rear ot" the reflector4 showing themanner of mountlng the movable reflector on the supportlng rim or shell;Fig. 3 is a view of control levers which may be provided for operatingthe reflector; Fig. 4 a sectional view taken on the line C-C of Fig. 3showing the manner in which the control levers are mounted on the dashof an automobile; Fig. 15 is a rear view of the control levers showingthe lever arms which are provided on the opposite side of the dash forconnection to the control wires; Fig. 6 is an enlarged view takensubstantially on the line D-D of Fig. l showing the manner of connectingthe control wires to the reflector; and Fig. 7 is a sectional view takenon the line E-E of Y Fi 6. l

, n the drawings, l represents the usual outer shell or lamp body withwhich headlights are commonly constructed, and 2 the door frame which isusually hinged to the shell l and may be opened to'provide access to theinterior'of the lamp. This door frame has an annular abutment 3 againstwhich the glass 4 isjset and there is an annular groove 5 in the frame 2immediately back of the annular abutment 3 into .which a securing thestationary part to the said flange, and means for supporting theadjustable reector on the stationary part so that the reflector isAuniversally movable.

3. In a device of the class described the combination of a lamp body, ayremovable reflector structure in said lamp body comprising a movablereector and means for supporting said reflector so as to be universallymovable, means mounted on said structure and operating independently ofthe lamp body for moving the reflector, and means for detachablysecuring the reflector structure in the lamp body.

1l. In a device of the class described the combination of a lamp body, aremovable reflector structure in said lamp body comprising a stationarypart, means for detachably securing the stationary par-t to the lampbody, a movable reflector, means for supporting the said reflector onthe stationary part so as to be universally movable, and means foroperating the said reflector said means having a bearing on the saidstationary part and a power member attached to the movable reflector.

5. In a device of the class described the combination of a lamp body, astationary part, means for detachably securing the stationary part tothe lamp body, an adjustable reflector, means for supporting theadjustable reflector on the stationary part so that the reflector isuniversally movable, a tubular member mounted on the stationary part andan operating member movable lengthwise in the tubular member andconnected to the movable reflector.

6. In a device of the class described, the

fixed part, and resilient means for holding the movable part of saidreflector in operaet tive position upon the fixed part of saidreflector.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination of a lamp body, areflector in said lamp body comprising a plurality of parts, one ofwhich has universal bearing with respect to the other, and co-actingmeans on said reflector parts for yieldingly holding said rellectorparts in operative engagement with each other.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination of a lamp bodyclosed at one end by a substantially flat glass, a reflector in saidlamp body back of said glass, said reflector comprising a plurality ofparts,60 one of said reflector parts being fixed With respect to thelamp body and the other reflector part being universally movable on saidfixed part, and coacting means on each of said reflector parts forlimiting the universal movement of said movable part of the reflector onsaid fixed part of the reflector.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination of a lamp body, areflector in said lamp body comprising a plurality of parts, one of saidreflector parts being fixed in but removable from said lamp body and theother reflector part being universally mounted on the fixed part of thereflector, an actuating device located at a place remote from the lampbody, a flexible casing extending from Within said lamp body to saidactuating device, and means in said flexible casing operativelyconnected at one end to the universally movable part of the reflectorand at the other end to said actuating device.

In testimony whereof I have hereto axed my signature.

ALFRED W. RIS

